Wasif Haider

Wasif Haider (2 May 1948-5 July 1982) was a Palestine Liberation Organization leader.

Biography
Wasif Haider was born on 2 May 1948 in Jenin, Mandatory Palestine to a Sunni Muslim family. Haider joined the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon after the Nakba and the exodus of the Palestinians from their homes, and he oversaw rocket attacks from South Lebanon into northern Israel. On 5 July 1982, he was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in West Beirut during the Siege of Beirut in the Lebanese Civil War.